Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde arrested after two years on the run

The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde was arrested in Sweden over the weekend after failing to serve a prison sentence handed down in 2012 for copyright violations. He was picked up following a police raid of a farm in the Swedish county of Skane according to a report from TorrentFreak.

The co-founder was sentenced to serve eight months behind bars but he didn’t go down without a fight. After an appeal to the Swedish Supreme Court failed, Sunde submitted his case to the European Court of Human Rights for consideration where it was once again rejected.

Instead of serving his time, Sunde opted to run. The publication points out he had been living in Berlin for a while but would occasionally return to Sweden to visit family. That may have been the reason he was in the country upon his capture.

It was eight years ago that The Pirate Bay servers were raided, an event that marked the beginning of a longstanding legal battle involving four people linked to the site. Two individuals, Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundström, have both completed their time in connection with the site. Like Sunde, Fredrik Neij also skipped town and is said to be living in Asia.

Sunde’s lawyer, Peter Althin, said the arrest likely means his client will be sent to prison to serve the eight month sentence. Interestingly enough, there was no mention of additional jail time for skipping town in the first place.